Regulations and Procedures

Individual Studio Study and Performance-Related Policies

Recitals

Enrollment in Individual Instruction

Undergraduate students must be enrolled in individual instruction during the semester (fall, spring, or summer term) during which they perform a junior or senior recital. Any exception requires approval of the student's teacher, the department chair, and the director of undergraduate studies before the recital may be scheduled.

Location

Recitals must take place in public spaces in Bloomington, announced to and open to the public. Exceptionally, with the approval of a student’s doctoral advisory committee and the director of graduate studies, one doctoral recital may be performed out of town if attended in person, at the expense of the student, by the faculty member(s) who would ordinarily be present, including the committee chair.

Date

Recitals ordinarily take place during the fall or spring semesters according to deadlines specified in the scheduling policies. Recitals may take place during the summer term if a hearing can be arranged and if faculty members are available to attend the recital.

Hearing

A pre-recital hearing is required for all undergraduate, master’s, and performer diploma recitals, except for composition recitals. At the discretion of the faculty, other recitals may also be given a hearing. A hearing must be scheduled so that it can be completed and the recital performed within the published deadlines; it is the student’s responsibility to arrange a hearing and to meet the deadlines. Students may perform a hearing in the summer with the approval of the department chair if faculty members are available. A hearing is valid for 60 days.

Repertory

Recital repertory is subject to approval by a student’s teacher or committee following any guidelines published by the department. Appropriate repertory for chamber music recitals is specified by departments. Recital repertory may not be repeated for degree or diploma credit.

Grading

The grade for an undergraduate, master’s, performer diploma, or doctoral minor recital is assigned by the teacher, who hears the recital in person. A composition recital grade is based on an average of the grades of the faculty members who attend the recital. A jazz recital grade is based on an average of the grades of jazz studies department faculty members who attend the recital and the teacher with whom the student is enrolled in performance study.

Artist Diploma recitals are attended and graded in person by the three members of a student’s AD committee. If a committee member is unable to attend, he or she and the student must arrange for a substitute from inside or outside the major department, as appropriate.

Doctoral recitals are ordinarily attended and graded in person by the three members of a student’s doctoral advisory committee. The chair must hear the recital in person; exceptionally, in consultation beforehand with the committee chair and the student, a committee member may arrange for a departmental substitute, or to hear a recording of the recital. Recordings, when used, are available in the Music Library.

All recital grades are reported in writing to the director of undergraduate or graduate studies.

Recording

Doctoral and Artist Diploma recitals must be recorded by the recording arts department for the Music Library when they take place in a Jacobs School of Music venue. A recording of equivalent quality must be provided to the Music Library by the student when a Doctoral or Artist Diploma recital is performed in a non-Music School venue.

Assisting Performers

Recitals may include the participation of no more than 13 assisting performers and a conductor. All must be available for a hearing, if required. Participation by assisting performers must not interfere with their lessons, ensemble assignments or academic responsibilities. Chamber music credit is available to the assisting performers only if they have registered and arranged specifically for that credit. Special rules apply to conducting, composition, and jazz studies recitals that use Jacobs School of Music ensembles or specially-assembled groups; consult the appropriate department for information.

Length

The following are the minimum and maximum number of minutes of music for the categories of recitals indicated:

Minimum

Maximum

Junior (general)

40

50

Brass

30

40

Voice

30

50

Senior (general)

50

60

Brass

40

50

Composition*

30

60

Jazz Studies

50

60

Voice

40

50

Concentration (general)

25

50

Piano

35

50

Woodwinds

40

50

MM (general)

50

60

Brass

40

50

Choral Conducting

20

30

Composition*

30

60

Jazz Studies

50

60

Voice

40

50

DM (general)

40

60

Brass

40

50

Choral Conducting

40

75

Composition*

45

60

Piano

50

60

Piano Final

60

75

Woodwinds

50

60

Graduate Minor (general)

25

50

Piano

35

50

PDSP (general)

50

60

Brass

40

50

Voice

40

60

AD

40

60

* For composition students: Student’s own compositions for various media written during residency, with the student participating as a performer or conductor in at least one work.

For students in computer music composition: Student’s own compositions for computer-generated audio playback alone, audio playback with instrument(s), interactive live electronics, or multimedia works with substantial computer music component.